1. LEUKEMIA
By: Kennedy Nevles & Stacy Studer

2. WHAT IS CANCER?
 Cancer is a group of more than 100 diseases.
 Abnormal cell in a part of the body that grows out of
control.
 Mutation in DNA.

3. CANCER OF BLOOD
CELLS
 Cancer of blood cells.
• Acute lymphocytic leukemia
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Acute myelocytic leukemia
• Chronic myelocytic leukemia
Starts in the cancer that forms blood
Bone marrow makes abnormal white blood cells
Early in chronic leukemia the leukemia cells can
still do some of the work of normal white blood
cells

4. LEUKEMIA
 Mutations that can trigger leukemia including, the
activation of oncogenes and the detection of tumor
suppressing genes.
 This disrupts the regulation of cell death, differential,
or division.
 It an occur spontaneously.

5. CAUSES
 No known cause
 Increase in risk with exposure to radiation, benzene,
and smoking
• 20% of adult myeloid leukemia cases are linked to
smoking.

6. PREVENTION
No Prevention!

7. SYMPTOMS
 Swollen Lymph nodes that usually don’t hurt
 Fevers or night sweats
 Frequent infection
 Feeling weak or tired
 Bleeding and bruising easily
 Weight loss for no reason

8. DIAGNOSIS
 Repeated complete blood counts
 Bone marrow examination
 Personal and family medical history.
 Bone marrow aspiration
 Bone marrow biopsy

9. TREATMENT
 Chemotherapy
• Blood chemistry tests can detect degrees of
liver and kidney damage
X-Ray
MRI
Ultrasound
Pharmaceutical medication
Multi-drug chemotherapy regimen

10. INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTING
CURRENT RESEARCH
 Pamela S Becker ,MD, PHD
• Dr. Becker is a hematology oncologist who treats people with
blood disorders, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and
myelodysplastic syndrome.
• How she became what she is…
• At the age of 16 Becker attended a biochemistry summer
program put on by the national Science Foundation. The year
she graduated from high school she volunteered at a local
hospital and worked in the chemistry lab

11. CURRENT RESEARCH
 New biological therapies
 New anticancer drugs, doses, and treatment schedules
 Combination of drugs, biological therapy, radiation
therapy, and stem cell transplantation.
 More genetic research

12. M O R E C U R R E N T R E S E A RC H ! !
 Supportive Care?
• Clinical trial are underway to find better ways of reducing
symptoms and side effects of current leukemia treatments in order to
improve patients comfort and quality of life.

13. SCHOLARSHIP AND
COMMUNICATION
 What do the 4 types of leukemia get there names from?
• Each main type of leukemia is named according to the type of cell
that’s affected (a myeloid cell or a lymphoid cell) and whether the
disease begins in mature or immature cells.

14. SOURCES
 "Leukemia Cure, Causes, Diagnosis, Symptoms, Types and
Treatment on MedicineNet.com." MedicineNet. Web. 16 Nov. 2011.
<http://www.medicinenet.com/leukemia/article.htm>.
 Http://www.idph.state.il.us/cancer/factsheets/leukemia.htm
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia
 http://leukemia.emedtv.com/leukemia/leukemia-research.html